Are IGF and VTI in the same category?

IGF is a thematic ETF and VTI is a stock ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each holds.

Which returned more over the last year, IGF or VTI?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGF returned +5.3% and VTI +16.8%.

Which is cheaper, IGF or VTI?

VTI is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $34. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IGF and VTI overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 32% of IGF and 88% of VTI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IGF vs VTI: how they differ

Over the year IGF returned +5.3% to VTI's +16.8%, and VTI charges 0.03% to IGF's 0.37%. iShares Global Infrastructure ETF and Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF.

VTI costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.5 points; VTI is far larger, $689.2bn against $10.3bn.

	IGF	VTI
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.03%
Net assets, IGF as of Oct 8, 2026 and VTI as of Sep 30, 2026	$10.3bn	$689.2bn
Total return, 1 year	+5.3%	+16.8%
What it tracks	Infrastructure	not published
Holdings in common	2%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year		+23.6%
Against the S&P 500, 1 year	behind by 11.9 pts
Active share vs the S&P 500	98%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	38%	33.5%
Below its all-time high	8.3%, high on Feb 27, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+5.3%

IGF total return, 1 year

+16.8%

VTI total return, 1 year

0.37%

IGF expense ratio

0.03%

VTI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IGF and VTI hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IGF VTI

NEXTERA ENERGY 4.70% 0.23%

AEROPORTS DE PARIS SA 2.05% 0.15%

SOUTHERN 2.88% 0.14%

DUKE ENERGY CORP 2.65% 0.13%

WILLIAMS 3.08% 0.12%

CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORP 2.73% 0.12%

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER INC 1.94% 0.09%

TARGA RESOURCES 2.15% 0.09%

CHENIERE ENERGY 2.00% 0.08%

KINDER MORGAN 2.20% 0.08%

ONEOK 1.98% 0.08%

DOMINION ENERGY 1.58% 0.08%

Only in IGF

TRANSURBAN GROUP STAPLED UNITS 4.83%

AENA SME SA 4.73%

IBERDROLA 4.14%

GRUPO AEROPORTUARIO DEL PACIFICO A 3.63%

ENBRIDGE 3.60%

AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 3.55%

GETLINK 2.88%

NATIONAL GRID PLC 2.23%

Only in VTI

NVIDIA Corp 6.88%

Apple Inc 6.30%

Microsoft Corp 5.11%

Amazon.com Inc 3.41%

Alphabet Inc 2.70%

Broadcom Inc 2.38%

Alphabet Inc 2.12%

Meta Platforms Inc 1.70%

On the same fields

IGF

iShares Global Infrastructure ETF

VTI

Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF

Where it sits Thematic ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Infrastructure Tracks an index of US total market

Total return, 1 year +5.3% +16.8%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −11.9 pts −0.4 pts

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 31.9% 88.1%

Holdings 78 3509

Net assets, IGF as of Oct 8, 2026 and VTI as of Sep 30, 2026 $10.3bn $689.2bn

IGF and VTI on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

IGF in plain words

By weight, 32% of IGF's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 38% of the fund across 78 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +5.3% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 11.9 pts. It sits 8.3% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

VTI in plain words

VTI tracks an index of US total market. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3509 positions, with the top ten at 33.5%.

Questions people ask

Are IGF and VTI in the same category?: IGF is a thematic ETF and VTI is a stock ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each holds.
Which returned more over the last year, IGF or VTI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGF returned +5.3% and VTI +16.8%.
Which is cheaper, IGF or VTI?: VTI is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $34. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IGF and VTI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 32% of IGF and 88% of VTI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IGF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗iShares page for IGF ↗VTI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VTI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VTI ↗

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How this is computed

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

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ETFIQ, IGF against VTI, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/igf-vs-vti

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